Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-07-28
DAKOTA ITEMS.

The assessment of Cass county is
Sl2o0OOO0.
James McGill was drowned at Minot
while bathing
Marshall county has sold its bonds at
a price considerably aboye par.
Milbank will banquet the Dakota
editors on their return from Big Stone.
And still clerks are being removed
from the land offices for lack of funds.
The stock industry is becoming an
important one at Jamestown and yicini-
ty.
The Farmers Alliance, of Dakota,
now has membership of between 15,-
600 ahd 10000.
Fofnley Bros, have begun their grad
ing contract near Grafton for the Du-
luth and Manitoba.
A Blunt special says peat beds which
will produce fuel equal to coal, have
been discovered there.
Alex McKinzie, of Bismarck, thinks
north Dakota will not vote on the ques-
tion of division.
The Cheyenne Sioux took out from
Pierre last week fifty new wagons and
100 sets of harness.
Woonsoc!et claims that it will get
the Illinois Central from Sioux Falls,
and the Manitoba from NNatertown.
Twenty-seven miles of trees were
planted this spring along the public
highways in six townships of Beadle
county.
The postoflices at Lowville, Faux
county, Ransom, Sargent county, and
Todd, Clark county, have been discon-
tinued.
A three year old boy of Frank r..
Aikens, Of Canton, fell into tub of
boiling hot water Thursday and died in
a few hours.
An effort is being made to induce
Gov. Church to locate the encampment
Of d. N. G.. at Huron. 1t viii be held
in September.
e. v. Wales, the landlord of the
Prior house at Frederick. has skipped
to the sorrow of the merchants of that
place and his hired help.
1t is said, on good authority, that the
G. & N. w. will soon build new round
house and shops at Huron, the present
facilities being insufficient.
Miner county will vote on the prohi-
bition question this fall, ithaving more
than the required number of votes be-
fore the county commissioners.
The first kiln of brick burned at the
new yard at Brookings was opened last
week. and seems to be entirely satis-
factory to the owners and patrons.
Prof. Edward Olson. for a long time
connected with the University of Chi
cago, will take charge of the Dakota
University at Vermillion as president.
The jury at Webster, in the case of
Wm. M. Evans, ex-treasurer of Grant
county, returned a verdict of not guilty
after being out about twenty minutes.
Elkton has been named the gate city
of Dakota, since it is the first town In
the territory one enters in coming over
the Dakota Central or on the Rock Is.
land.
A son of Il. z. Peterson, of Brook
ings, who was walking in front of q
mower looking for distractions, was
run into and in consequence lost one of
his feet.
A butcher was robbed of $3.50 al the
Commercial house in Mitchell Thurs
day. lie roomed with some strangers
and awakening in the morning found
his pockets had been ritled.
MIR. Nearso, who lives about five miles
south of Harold, has three acre patch
of peat which he says burns as well as
coal. All that it needs is to be dug out
and dried and it is ready to burn.
The semi-monthly clean-up of the
various quartz mills in the Black Hills
was made Thursday and the bullion
sent east. The cleanup was trifle
above the usual average, being little
in excess of 100000.
The petition for an election on local
| option was presented to the county
commissioners Of Hughes county last
week with 4SO signatures. The official
comparison with last years poll books
has not been made, but the friends of
the measure claim they have at least
forty to spare.
Jacob Schaetzl, large stockholder
in the Sioux Falls brewing company,
last week asked of the district court
that receiver be appointed tor that
company on the grounds OF fraudulent
management by its officers. NJ ortiz
Levinger is president and NJ. Kaufman
is secretary and treasurer. The hear.
ing will be held on the Both.
A Yankton special says the commits
sioners of Douglas county have retain
ed counsel in the suit recently brought
against the county by Hon. f. M
GoodYkoontz to recover S5OO,OOO lost on
the fraudulent bonds issued under the
first organization of the county. This
is the notorious affair which G. II. Nc
Coy and Hon. M. III. Day were alleged
to have been involved.
The Pennington county grand jury
has found indictments against Porter
Warner. editor of the Deadwood Times
Boham and Kelly, of the Deadwood
Pioneer; Thoi:;as II. White, mining
engineer and correspondent of the
| New York Mining Record and London
News, charging them with criminal
libel in pronouncing the Big Bend Ily.